Triple
T16946490
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Plan B 4.0 |
E411080
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lester R. Brown |
E84615
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Lester R. Brown | Statement: [Plan B 4.0, author, Lester R. Brown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester R. Brown Context triple: [Plan B 4.0, author, Lester R. Brown]
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A.
Lester R. Brown
chosen
Lester R. Brown is an American environmental analyst, author, and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, widely recognized for his influential work on global sustainability and resource issues.
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B.
Dennis Meadows
Dennis Meadows is an American scientist and systems analyst best known as a lead author of the influential 1972 report "The Limits to Growth," which modeled global resource use and environmental constraints.
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C.
Julian Simon
Julian Simon was an American economist known for his optimistic views on population growth and natural resources, famously arguing that human ingenuity is the "ultimate resource."
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D.
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich is an American biologist and population studies scholar best known for his influential and controversial work on overpopulation and environmental sustainability, including the book "The Population Bomb."
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E.
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d886c886688190967be07322597ac9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cfb25e0c8190948e62d9575ae9cd |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0139eb7e388190978397aa9176a893 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.